A new congressionally mandated report coauthored by a Georgia Tech professor suggests that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) hires more air traffic controllers each year, optimizes scheduling, and offers other steps to address a nationwide shortage of the critical staffers.
The Institute earned the recognition for the third consecutive year.
By uniting experts across disciplines, Georgia Tech is positioning itself at the forefront of neuroscience and space research.
Feature Stories
Campus and Community
By uniting experts across disciplines, Georgia Tech is positioning itself at the forefront of neuroscience and space research.
With the campus closed for the holiday, enjoy the weekend celebrating around Atlanta.
Bill Dracos Named Georgia Tech’s Chief Research Operations Officer
Health and Medicine
Biomedical engineers show how two brain regions quickly adapt to shift focus from one planned destination to another.
Georgia Tech and Emory University are advancing Atlanta’s position as a top U.S. tech hub by relocating seven pioneering biomedical research labs to Science Square, a premier life sciences district driving innovation, talent, and economic growth.
Insights could not only pave the way for new treatment strategies for genetic disorders, cancer and neurodegenerative diseases, but also enhance gene-editing technologies.
Science and Technology
A new report offers other steps to the Federal Aviation Administration to address a nationwide shortage of the critical staffers.
As the White House accelerates plans for a 2026 crewed mission to Mars, Georgia Tech experts highlight the engineering, scientific, and diplomatic challenges that will shape the success—and sustainability—of humanity’s next giant leap.
New Oxidation State for a Rare Earth Element Could Advance Quantum and Electronic Devices
Earth and Environment
When scientists spot an asteroid whose trajectory might take it close to Earth, they monitor it frequently and calculate the probability that it might collide with our planet.
As the White House accelerates plans for a 2026 crewed mission to Mars, Georgia Tech experts highlight the engineering, scientific, and diplomatic challenges that will shape the success—and sustainability—of humanity’s next giant leap.
Ocean waters are getting greener at the poles and bluer toward the equator, according to an analysis of satellite data published in Science on June 19.
Society and Culture
When U.S. forces attacked Iran’s nuclear facilities on June 21, 2025, the main target was metal tubes in laboratories deep underground. The tubes are centrifuges that produce highly enriched uranium needed to build nuclear weapons.
Nearly half of Americans, both Democrats and Republicans, question whether elections are conducted fairly.
At least 14 nuclear scientists are believed to be among those killed in Israel’s Operation Rising Lion, launched on June 13, 2025, ostensibly to destroy or degrade Iran’s nuclear program and military capabilities.
Business and Economic Development
Georgia Tech and Emory University are advancing Atlanta’s position as a top U.S. tech hub by relocating seven pioneering biomedical research labs to Science Square, a premier life sciences district driving innovation, talent, and economic growth.
Georgia Tech experts unpack the hidden economic signals driving today’s prices, trade tensions, and global uncertainty.
Georgia Tech is transforming the iconic Biltmore into a dynamic hub of innovation in Tech Square, marking an exciting new chapter for one of Atlanta’s most historic landmarks.
